Little Greyfriars

Little Greyfriars was originally a wing of a large early Victorian house which was divided into 3 detached properties in the early 1950s.

Map of Little Greyfriars Location 

Dunwich is a picturesque village which benefits from its proximity to the beach and is home to the thriving Ship Inn. The area is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and provides numerous opportunities for walking including on the Suffolk Coastal path towards the rspb Minsmere Reserve, Walberswick and Southwold as well as Dunwich Heath.

Remains of Greyfriars Priory south range buildings, probably the refectory

Greyfriars, Dunwich was a Franciscan friary in Dunwich in the English county of Suffolk. The friary was founded before 1277 by Richard FitzJohn and his wife Alice and dissolved in 1538. The original site, which had 20 friars in 1277 when it first appears in records, was threatened by coastal erosion and the friary was moved inland in 1289. Many of the buildings are believed to have been destroyed on dissolution, with the remains used as a house, a town hall and a jail at various times. Modern remains consist of a precinct wall, two gatehouses and some two-storey walls believed to be the remains of a cloister building, possibly a refectory or infirmary building.
The site was partly excavated in the 1930s and 1990s, with geophysical surveys being carried out on the site.The site was surveyed in 2011 as part of a dig by archaeological television programme Time Team. A geophysical survey using ground-penetrating radar confirmed a range of wall features and other anomalies in the precinct and trenches uncovered carved medieval stonework and medieval window glass fragments. Geophysical surveys suggest that the friary church may have been up to 60 metres in length.

Dunwich Greyfriars gateway

the-entrance-arch

Little Greyfriars 

Entrance Hall

Drawing Room

Drawing Room

Sitting Room

Kitchen

Bedroom

Grounds

Woodland

Walled Garden

Panoramic Views

Panoramic Views

Floorplan

Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke

Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke 1937

Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, born Prince von Battenberg. The birth of Prince Alexander Albert von Battenberg on November 23, 1886 at Windsor Castle in Berkshire; offered his grandmother Queen Victoria something she desperately needed at the time; a new lease on life. For the first time in many years, there was a baby living in her home, and she took great delight in the knowledge that Drino, as he was called, was sleeping in the nursery right above her private sitting room.

Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke; Queen Victoria 1888

Apparently, in her later years, Queen Victoria had become more relaxed with babies, and took a close interest in their growth and care. In a taped interview in the 1960’s Miss Dorothy Blake, who was born within days of Alexander on the Osborne Estate where her father was the agent, described how the Queen on her daily visits to the agent’s house, Barton Manor, would ask to see the baby, and she would say; “Prince Alexander is not as heavy as this; now, Mrs. Blake, what is the food?” and my mother would say; “Mellin’s Food, Your Majesty,” and the Queen would say; “I shall have to speak to Prince Alexander’s nurses about this.” At his birth, Alexander was styled His Serene Highness Prince Alexander of Battenberg, since he was the child of his father, Prince Heinrich, who was born of a morganatic marriage; and as a result was ineligible for "Grand-Ducal Highness" status. However, three weeks after his birth, he was styled “His Highness” on December 13, 1886, under a Royal Warrant passed by his doting grandmother Queen Victoria.

Alexander and his mother, Princess Beatrice 

The early years of Drino’s childhood were spent happily at Windsor, and the Queen’s other homes. The presence of Drino, and later, his sister and brothers gave the old Queen great pleasure, and these grandchildren soon became her favorites. She enjoyed spoiling them – on Drino’s eleventh birthday she gave him a party that included a film show and performing dogs – and when Drino went away to school at the Stubbington House School and Wellington College he his missed his loving grandmother far more than he did his distant mother.

 Drino’s school days at both Stubbington and Wellington were not the happiest of his life. The boys there considered him to be conceited and precious, while he in his turn regarded them as “bloodthirsty hooligans.” Due to the very real reason that he was unaccustomed to handling cash, Drino had great difficulty managing his finances, and on one occasion he was forced to ask his grandmother for money. She wrote back to say that he must learn to live within his allowance. A few days later, Drino wrote to the Queen again to tell her that he was no longer in difficulties; he had sold her letter to another boy.

British battleship HMS BRITANNIA.

From Wellington Drino served in the Royal Navy as a midshipman cadet on the H.M.S. Britannia from 1902 to 1908 and in 1910; became one of the earliest members of The Castaways' Club, an exclusive dining club for Naval officers who resigned whilst still junior, but who wished to keep in touch with their former service.

Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke 1907

After leaving the Royal Navy, Drino joined the army. It was in this stage of his life, that his proclivities of a Wildean nature began to surface. As a young soldier based at St. James Palace, he wrote a series of questionable letters to a young Captain of the 1st Life Guards, who was also based in London, but at Knightsbridge Barracks. In one letter, dated 1910, when his friend failed to turn up, Drino expresses great disappointment, ending with “I do want you dear thing and hate turning in after looking forward to meeting all day.” In another short note later that year; he writes: “I am coming in tonight to see you dear thing on my return, this day cannot pass without seeing you.”

Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke 1910

On November 22, 1911 he was appointed Second Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards, and was further promoted to Lieutenant on August 15, 1913. He was seconded to the staff to act as an extra aide-de-camp on April 10, 1915 and promoted Captain the same year. Although Drino was wounded in the leg at the Battle of Aisne and mentioned in despatches, his fellow Grenadier, the Prince of Wales, was not at all impressed. “The completest dud I always think,” wrote the future King Edward VIII. He resigned his commission on June 19, 1919 and was placed on the General Reserve of Officers, ranking as a Captain with seniority of July 15, 1915.

Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke 1911..

Enjoying the Ruritanian side of his position, Drino loved medals. On June 1, 1917 he was authorized to wear the insignia of the Russian Order of St Vladimir, fourth class with Swords, awarded "for distinguished service to the Allied cause". He held several other foreign orders and decorations: Grand Cross of Order of Charles III (Spain), Order of Leopold, with swords (Belgium), Order of Alexander Nevsky (Russia), Order of Naval Merit, fourth class (Spain), Order of the Nile (Egypt), Order of the Crown (Romania), and Croix de guerre, with palms (France). While at home he was Knight Commander and Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, and eventually Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. Drino was also a member of the Prince of Wales Masonic Lodge No. 259, the lodge most commonly connected with the Royal Family, he served as Master in 1952 and as Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of England in that year. In 1956, he was Master of the Royal Colonial Institute Lodge, No. 3556. He also served on the board for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys for several years.

When his cousin, King George V, abolished German titles as a part of the anglicizing of the Royal Family on July 14, 1917, Drino reluctantly lost his Princely title and style of “Highness.” Two days later, now deprived of his coveted Princely rank, Drino, now technically known simply as Mister Alexander Mountbatten married on July 19, 1917, Lady Irene Francis Adza Denison, the only daughter of the 2nd Earl of Londesborough and Lady Grace Adelaide Fane, at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace. The New York Times reported; “. . . as an example of the effect war is having on social affairs in England, a London newspaper remarks on the absence of bridesmaids and wedding cake at the recent wedding of the Marquess of Carisbrooke, to Lady Irene Denison. The account of the wedding also points out that, in place of a bouquet, the bride carried a silver bound prayer book, the gift of her mother.

Lady Irene Denison

King George V and Queen Mary, together with most of the members of the Royal Family, were present a the simple ceremony. For the accommodation of the distinguished guests, gold chairs were arranged close to the altar steps, and as the bride left the church with her solider husband, she curtsied gracefully to the King and Queen, now her relatives by marriage. The little chapel, which Holbein designed for Henry VIII, will seat no more than a hundred persons, and society was unable to attend in any great numbers.”

Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke 1920

On November 7, 1917, the eldest son of Princess Beatrice, was created by letters patent Marquess of Carisbrooke, Earl of Berkhamsted and Viscount Launceston. Having lived at the Court of his grandmother, Queen Victoria, until he was aged fourteen, he had developed an inflated view of his position within the family, and as would have been expected, Drino, whose hauteur and self-importance made him a figure of fun for many of his family, was predictably resentful of the demotion. “I shriek with laughter when I think of Drino, losing his title” wrote his cousin, Princess Louise of Battenberg, the future Queen of Sweden.

Irene Mountbatten, Marchioness of Carisbrooke

Not long after their marriage, when the Carisbrooke’s were expecting their child, the Prince of Wales had a further acerbic comment to make about his distant cousin. “I hear that Irene Carisbrooke has signs of a baby and that Drino has retired to bed for a month’s rest cure!” The baby was to be Drino’s only child, Lady Iris Mountbatten. Clearly there was no love lost between Drino and his cousin, the Prince of Wales thinking him pompous and effeminate. Drino's views on the Prince were not recorded.

Lady Iris Mountbatten

Lady Iris Mountbatten

Lady Iris Mountbatten

After the war, and receiving no state allowance, Drino became the first member of the Royal Family to enter the world of commerce. Although he had no practical experience, Lord Carisbrooke was accepted at age thirty-three into the banking house of Lazard Brothers as a junior clerk. After returning from a trip in April of 1921 to America visiting the Alfred Vanderbilts, he announced that he was well and truly taking an active place in the commercial world as a member of the Board of Directors of the British shipping firm of Lamport and Holt. Later be became a Director of Lever Brothers and other major concerns. When Drino later became the Director of an Oxford Street drapery store in 1936, he announced his intention of doing his day’s work in the store as well as his Director’s duties. HIs duties were then described “an adviser to buyers of decorative fabrics,” he also became Senior Steward of the Greyhound Racing Club. Before that he had worked for a time with the Metropolitan Housing Corporation which controlled many housing estates for artisans, and he eventually took full charge of the social work connected with the estates

Irene, Marchioness of Carisbrooke

Though Drino was considered the “Businessman of the Royal Family,” he did support his wife’s; who worked tirelessly for the House of Windsor, charitable endeavors. Following his retirement, and his wife’s death in 1956, less than a fortnight after her sixty-sixth birthday, he took on some of her patronages. Throughout their married life, Drino and Irene led a less than ideal concept of connubial bliss, hence her determination to dedicate her life to working for the Royal Firm! She suffered her husband's indiscretions with the male gender lightly, turning a blind eye an devoting her energies to many good causes. She was a member of dozens of committees and frequently hosted charity balls and dinners.

Lord Carisbrooke, the last surviving grandson of Queen Victoria, died in 1960, aged 73, at Kensington Palace, and his ashes were buried within the Battenberg Chapel in St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham on the Isle of Wight. The title Marquess of Carisbrooke became extinct upon his death.

Schloss Friedrichshof

Schloss Friedrichshof in Kronberg im Taunus, Hesse, near Frankfurt am Main, was built between 1889 and 1893 for the dowager German Empress Victoria and originally named Schloss Friedrichshof in honour of her late husband, Emperor Frederick III (Friedrich III). The principal architect was Ernst von Ihne, who was also the royal architect to Frederick III and Kaiser Wilhelm II; von Ihne designed many royal residences for nobility in and around Germany and Austria. Today the castle is a five-star hotel which belongs, together with the accompanying park, to the House of Hesse. Parts of the original furnishings as well as pieces of art from the collection of the empress are still present in the hotel, along with her extensive library. The grounds contain an 18-hole golf course, designed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (who stayed at the hotel with his staff for seven years beginning in 1946), and a public town park.

Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia; Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1863

Emperor Frederick III and Empress Victoria of Germany were a love match in a time when most dynastic marriages were marriages of convenience. Together they had eight children. The oldest Kaiser Willhelm II and his Mother had a very strained relationship.

Crown Princes Victoria holding Prince Willhelm

Prince Willhelm had A traumatic breech birth resulting in Erb's palsy, which left him with a withered left arm about six inches shorter than his right. He tried with some success to conceal this; many photographs show him holding a pair of white gloves in his left hand to make the arm seem longer. In others, he holds his left hand with his right, has his crippled arm on the hilt of a sword, or holds a cane to give the illusion of a useful limb posed at a dignified angle. Historians have suggested that this disability affected his emotional development. This caused short comings for both Mother and Son.

The eldest son of Victoria went through various treatments to cure his atrophied arm. Strange methods, such as the so-called "animal baths" in which the arm was immersed in the entrails of recently dead rabbits, were performed with some regularity. In addition, William also underwent electroshock sessions in an attempt to revive the nerves passing through the left arm to the neck and also to prevent his head tilting to one side. Vicky insisted that he become a good rider. The thought that he, as heir to the throne, should not be able to ride was intolerable to her. Riding lessons began when William was eight and were a matter of endurance for William. Over and over, the weeping prince was set on his horse and compelled to go through the paces. He fell off time after time but despite his tears was set on its back again. After weeks of this he finally got it right and was able to maintain his balance. William later wrote:

"The torments inflicted on me, in this pony riding, must be attributed to my mother."

For Victoria, her son's disability was a disgrace. Her letters and her diary show her grief for her son's arm and her guilt for having given birth to a disabled child. During a visit to her parents in 1860 the crown princess wrote about her eldest son:

"He is really smart for his age...if only he didn't had that unfortunate arm, I would be so proud of him."

Sigmund Freud speculated that Victoria, being unable to accept the illness of her child, distanced herself from her first-born, which made a great impact on the behavior of the future William II.

However, other authors, such as the historian Wolfgang Mommsen, insist that the crown princess was very affectionate with her children. According to him, Vicky wanted her children to be like the idealised figure of her own father and tried, as best she could, to follow the educational precepts of Prince Albert. In 1863, Victoria and Frederick bought a cottage in Bornstedt so that their children could grow up in an environment similar to that of Osborne House. However, Victoria's influence on her offspring had an important limitation: Like all the Hohenzollerns, her sons received a military training from a very young age, and the crown princess feared that such education would undermine their values.

William I in a hussar's uniform, in a painting by Emil Hünten

Three days after Frederick was confirmed to be suffering from cancer, his father Kaiser William I died aged 90 at 8:22 a.m. on 9 March 1888, upon which Frederick became German Emperor and King of Prussia. His son Wilhelm, now Crown Prince, telegraphed the news to his father in Italy. Later the same day, Frederick wrote in his diary that he had received the telegram upon returning from a walk, "...and so I have ascended the throne of my forefathers and of the German Kaiser! God help me fulfill my duties conscientiously and for the weal of my Fatherland, in both the narrower and the wider sense." Germany's progressive elements hoped that William's death, and thus Frederick's succession, would usher the country into a new era governed along liberal lines. The new Kaiser reached Berlin at 11 p.m. on the night of 11 March; those who saw him were horrified by his "pitiful" appearance. The question now was how much longer the mortally ill emperor could be expected to live, and what, if anything, he could hope to achieve. In spite of his illness, Frederick did his best to fulfill his obligations as Emperor. Immediately after the announcement of his accession, he took the ribbon and star of his Order of the Black Eagle from his jacket and pinned it on the dress of his wife; he was determined to honor her position as Empress. Too ill to march in his father's funeral procession, he was represented by Wilhelm, the new Crown Prince, while he watched, weeping, from his rooms in the Charlottenburg Palace.

As the German Emperor, he officially received Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (his mother-in-law) and King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway, and attended the wedding of his son Prince Henry to his niece Princess Irene. However, Frederick reigned for only 99 days, and was unable to bring about much lasting change. The majority of the German ruling elite viewed Frederick's reign as merely a brief interim period before the accession of his son Wilhelm to the throne. An edict he penned before he ascended to the throne that would limit the powers of the chancellor and monarch under the constitution was never put into effect, although he did force Robert von Puttkamer to resign as Prussian Minister of the Interior on 8 June, when evidence indicated that Puttkamer had interfered in the Reichstag elections. Dr. Mackenzie wrote that the Emperor had "an almost overwhelming sense of the duties of his position". In a letter to Lord Napier, Empress Victoria wrote "The Emperor is able to attend to his business, and do a great deal, but not being able to speak is, of course, most trying." Frederick had the fervour but not the time to accomplish his desires, lamenting in May 1888, "I cannot die ... What would happen to Germany?"

From April 1888, Frederick became so weak he was unable to walk, and was largely confined to his bed; his continual coughing brought up large quantities of pus. In early June, the cancer spread to and perforated his esophagus, preventing him from eating. He suffered from bouts of vomiting and ran high fevers, but remained alert enough to write a last diary entry on 11 June: "What's happening to me? I must get well again; I have so much to do!" Frederick III died in Potsdam at 11:30 a.m. on 15 June 1888, and was succeeded by his 29-year-old son Wilhelm II. Frederick is buried in a mausoleum attached to the Friedenskirche in Potsdam. After his death, William Ewart Gladstone described him as the "Barbarossa of German liberalism". Empress Victoria went on to continue spreading Frederick's thoughts and ideals throughout Germany, but no longer had power within the government.

Once the emperor's death was announced, his son and successor William II ordered the occupation of the imperial residence by soldiers. The chambers of Frederick and Victoria were carefully checked to find incriminating documents. However, the search was unsuccessful because all the couple's correspondence had been taken to Windsor Castle the previous year. Several years later, William II stated that the purpose of this research was to find state documents. Currently, however, many historians (as Hannah Pakula and Franz Herre) suggest that what the emperor wanted was to recover documents that could threaten his reputation.

Emperor Frederick III's funeral procession

The funeral of Frederick III came shortly after in Potsdam, without major pomp. Victoria, now empress dowager, didn't appear at the ceremony in the Friedenskirche of Sanssouci, but attended a mass in memory of her husband in the Royal Estate of Bornsted. From the death of her husband, Victoria became known as Empress Frederick. In the following weeks, William II made a real purge of all institutions and people close to Frederick III and Victoria. The home of the lawyer Franz von Roggenbach was searched and the widow of Ernst von Stockmar, former private secretary of Victoria, was questioned by the police. Friedrich Heinrich Geffcken, Frederick III's counsellor for years, was tried for high treason for publishing excerpts from the diary of Emperor Frederick. Finally, Heinrich von Friedberg was dismissed as Justice Minister.

Neues Palais in Potsdam

Once widowed, the empress dowager had to leave the Neues Palais in Potsdam because her son wanted to settle his residence there. Unable to settle in Sanssouci, she acquired a property in Kronberg im Taunus, in the old Duchy of Nassau. There, Victoria built a castle that was named Friedrichshof in honour of her husband. Having inherited several million marks after the death of the wealthy Maria de Brignole-Sale, Duchess of Galliera, the empress dowager was able to finance the construction and expansion of her residence. With the completion of the works in 1894, she spent most of the year in the property with her younger daughters, and only left when she travelled abroad. Contrary to the desires of the emperor, who preferred that she leave Germany permanently, Vicky formed her own court and maintained close relations with the liberal circles.

Once Friedrichshof was completed Empress Frederick had the interior and exterior of the castle photographed, and had albums made for her family. After William's behavior at the passing of his father she most likely was concerned that what she had created would not be preserved when she passed. The Album she sent her brother Albert (Who later became Edward VII) still remains in The Royal Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom.

Album bound in light blue cloth with dark blue leather spine and corner caps containing photographs of exterior and interior views of Schloss Friedrichshof that was built for Empress Friedrich in Kronberg im Taunhaus. The title of the album appears in gold leaf on the spine.

Photograph of the exterior of the Schloss Friedrichshof as viewed from the south west, surrounded by trees

Photograph of the exterior of the Schloss Friedrichshof, with gardens in front as viewed from the south east

Photograph of the exterior of the Schloss Friedrichshof as taken from the south with gardens and trees in the foreground

Photograph of a view of the south front of Schloss Friedrichshof with steps leading down from the terrace on which there are urns containing plants

Photograph of the south front of Schloss Friedrichshof with steps leading down from the terrace. Plants in decorative urns adorn the terrace balustrade.

Provenance

Acquired by Queen Victoria c. 1895

Photograph of part of the south front of Schloss Friedrichshof with steps leading down to the terrace. Decorative urns adorn the terrace balustrade.

Photograph of the north front of Schloss Friedrichshof, with a clock tower on the left and two horse-drawn carriages and their riders in front of the building

Photograph of the north front of Schloss Friedrichshof, with the clock tower on the left and entrance porch

Photograph of part of the north front of Schloss Friedrichshof, including the clock tower, entrance porch and fountain. A foot man stands beneath the entrance porch, facing the viewer.

Photograph of the entrance porch on the north front of Schloss Friedrichshof. Two footmen stand in the porch. Inscribed above the porch entrance are the words 'Friderici Memoriae'.

Photograph of a half-timbered building in the north front of Schloss Friedrichshof, with a fountain in the foreground

Photograph of the ornamental fountain on the north front of Schloss Friedrichshof

Photograph of the half-timbered kitchen building on the north front of Schloss Friedrichshof

Photograph of the half-timbered kitchen buildings, Schloss Friedrichshof, partially obscured by a high wall. In front of the wall is a stone urn on the left.

Photograph of a door with a large knocker towards the top that leads to the library on the south front of the Schloss Friedrichshof. The door is flanked by two stone columns above which is a carved stone lintel.

Photograph of the terrace staircase, on the west front of Schloss Friedrichshof. A lamp encased by an ornamental cage hangs on the wall outside the door.

Photograph of the breakfast room, inside the Schloss Friedrichshof. A round table is laid ready for a meal in the centre of the room over which hangs a candleabra. On the right stands a display case containing plates and glass implements.

Photograph of the Dining Room, inside the Schloss Friedrichshof showing a central table set for dining and a display of plate on the far wall

Photograph of the Red Drawing Room inside the Schloss Friedrichshof, with a view of the fireplace above which are painted heraldric shields

Photograph of the Red Drawing Room inside the Schloss Friedrichshof with a table displaying various ornaments in the centre of the room and the room's grand fireplace in the background

Photograph of the Red Drawing Room inside the Schloss Friedrichshof with ornaments displayed on a central table and a glass display case that stands against a wall on the right. A tapestry hangs on the wall on the right.

Photograph of the Green Drawing Room inside the Schloss Friedrichshof with a portrait of King George III, after Ramsay, hanging on the wall, along with other paintings

Photograph of the Green Drawing Room inside the Schloss Friedrichshof. On the left, a portrait of George III, after Ramsay, hangs on the wall and a chandelier hangs from the ceiling.

Photograph of the Louis XVI Salon inside the Schloss Friedrichshof with a mirrored door to the right of the photograph and a large overmantel mirror on the left

Photograph of the The Library inside the Schloss Friedrichshof. A large brass baubled candelabra hangs to the right of the foreground.

Photograph of the Library inside the Schloss Friedrichshof with the walls lined with books and a central case with books arranged on top in the foreground

Photograph of the central fireplace in the Library, with bookshelves on either side, inside the Schloss Friedrichshof

Photograph of the entrance Hall, Schloss Friedrichshof. Tables and chairs are set-up inside the hall and a tapestry hangs on the right hand side.

Photograph of the fireplace inside the entrance Hall, Schloss Friedrichshof

Photograph of the Entrance Hall, Schloss Friedrichshof, looking towards the main staircase. A large tapestry hangs on one of the walls.

Photograph of the main staircase inside the Schloss Friedrichshof with a view of the first flight of stairs from the ground floor with a tapestry hanging above the landing

Photograph taken from the main staircase inside the Schloss Friedrichshof looking down into the hall with the first floor visible above

Photograph of the main staircase inside the Schloss Friedrichshof with a view of the top of the stairs and the adjacent corridor

Photograph of the corridor alongside the top of the main staircase inside the Schloss Friedrichshof

Photograph of the Drawing Room on the upper storey of Schloss Friedrichshof with a writing table in the centre of the room and tables and chairs around the side of the room

Photograph of the Drawing Room on the upper floor of Schloss Friedrichshof with a chaise longue beside a central fireplace and a writing table on the far left

Photograph of a bedroom inside the Schloss Friedrichshof that includes a bed, a settee, paintings, washstand and other furniture

Photograph of a bedroom inside the Schloss Friedrichshof that includes a settee, a fireplace, paintings and other items of furniture

Photograph of a bedroom inside the Schloss Friedrichshof that includes a four poster bed, hung with drapes, and a fireplace with the words "VICTORIA A.M.L." on the chimney-piece

Photograph of the Herrenzimmer or Smoking Room inside the Schloss Friedrichshof. The ceiling is vaulted with a settee and table on one side of the room and a bureau on the other.

Photograph of the Park with the entrance to the stable buildings, Schloss Friedrichshof. A horse-drawn carriage stands outside of the entrance to the stable.

Photograph of the Stables, Schloss Friedrichshof. A carriage drawn by four horses with a rider and a groom, stand in the stable yard together with other liveried men.

Photograph of the entrance to the stable buildings, Schloss Friedrichshof with a half timbered building surmounted by a clock and carriages visible through the archway

Photograph of the gate-keeper's house, Schloss Friedrichshof with a man sitting in the entrance porch facing the viewer

Photograph of the gate-keeper's house, Schloss Friedrichshof with a man wearing a cap standing to the right of the house

Photograph of a large three-storey cottage, Schloss Friedrichshof, with two women and two children standing underneath the entrance porch. Trees surround the cottage.

Photograph of a large three-storey cottage, Schloss Friedrichshof with a uniformed man standing by the cottage facing the viewer and holding a horse

Photograph of the Estate Director's house within the grounds of the Schloss Friedrichshof. A man wearing a bowler hat stands in the entrance porch.

Photograph of the Estate Director's house within the grounds of the Schloss Friedrichshof, as viewed from behind a metal fence that stands in the foreground

Photograph of farm buildings on the Schloss Friedrichshof estate. A carriage drawn by two horses and a rider on the right and three women who stand and a man who is seated, can be seen outside of the building.

Floor Plan of Ground floor

May 24, 1900 Group photograph taken on steps outside Friedrichshof. Crown Princess Sophie of Greece; Victoria, Princess Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe; Kaiser William II, Empress Frederick; Charlotte, Princess Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen; Prince Henry of Prussia; Margaret, Princess Frederick Charles of Hesse-Cassel.

Group photograph taken on steps outside Friedrichshof. Left to right, standing: Irene, Princess Henry of Prussia; Crown Princess Sophie of Greece; Charlotte, Princess Saxe-Meinigen, Prince Alexander, Princess Helen and Prince George of Greece; Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany; Victoria, Empress Frederick of Germany; Victoria, Princess Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe; Margaret, Princess Frederick Charles of Hesse-Cassel. Seated: Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe; Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse-Cassel; Prince Henry of Prussia; Emperor William II of Germany; Crown Prince Constantine of Greece; Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein; Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse.